noun
- The measurement of changes in the volume or dimensions of a material as a function of temperature or other variables.
Usage: technical; used in materials science and physics
Examples
- Dilatometry is used to study how metals expand when heated.
- The engineer performed dilatometry on the ceramic sample to determine its thermal expansion coefficient.
- Dilatometry data helped researchers understand the phase transitions in the polymer.
- Using dilatometry, scientists measured the volume change of the alloy during cooling.
- The laboratory equipped itself with a dilatometer to conduct precise dilatometry experiments.